Superbowl Predictions

After predicting that that Browns would go 5-11 (currently 4-10 with 2 to go) and also predicting that if the Browns had a bad season Romeo Crennel would be to blame (and he will be fired after the season no question) and leading my office pool Pick'em league with 150 right picks (i'm currently up 3 games with two weekends to go, i've won 5 weeks straight up already this year) i feel like i should make some Superbowl predictions as a heat-check.

So here we go, i'm just going to list the teams in order, 1. team being most likely to win the superbowl (IMO) and so on...:

1. Indianapolis
2.Pittsburgh
3. Carolina
4. NY Giants
5. Philadelphia
6. Tennessee
7. New England
8. Dallas
9. Minnesota
10. Denver
11. Miami

After pick 5 theres really no way of separating the teams. I guess we'll see what happens!

Bernie Kosar Interview

thanks to the Browns Board, they found these youtube clips of an interview by Steve Sabol (NFL Films) and Bernie Kosar, the great Browns QB.  these are pretty cool, even for the non-Browns fan, and especially for Bronco's fans, since Bernie was the QB when the Broncos were the anti-Browns (the Fumble, the Drive...). 

anyway, i love Bernie Kosar, so check these clips out.  Oh, and thanks to my pops for giving me the heads up about the post.

Part II

US Soccer Game at Dicks Park

About 3 weeks ago Noah, Scott, Nuccio and I braved the cold weather to take in a rare chance to see the Men's National Soccer Team play live. They played a World Cup qualifier game against Guatemala, unfortunately for us the US team had already qualified for the next round so this game wasn't that important.

It was great though to see some of the best US soccer players play live, including Jozy Altidore, Freddy Adu, Brad Guzan, and Kenny Cooper. It was cool to see a lot of new players getting some attention like Kenny Cooper, Connor Casey and Ricardo Clark. Guatemala was really no match as the US won 3-0 with scores from Cooper and Adu.

The most notable thing about the game was the lack of support from fans. We attributed this to the fact that it was a Tuesday night, it was cold, and the game wasn't that important. The Dick was maybe 20% full, some sections were completely empty.

The other thing i noticed was the size of the players; they were much larger than i anticipated. Players like Cooper and Altidore are huge, and much stronger than they look on TV. it was impressive. It was a great time, its not that often that players this good play here in Colorado, luckily, we went to the Celtic vs MLS All-stars game a few years ago so we've seen a pretty impressive group of players.

Going to the Auction

so this is a little late, but i thought i'd share it anyway.

I've always been a fan of the auction, specifically Pacific Auto Auction on Denver. I was about it back in the day and decided to check it out. Its free to go, you can basically just check it out with no obligations. Well i ended up buying a 1991 Ford Bronco Fullsize that did me pretty well, i got it for $2200 back in 2003.

I've been telling all of my friends to check out the auction for cheap cars, i mean for $2000 or less you can get a commuter car no problem. Well finally someone took me up on the offer, Aaron, and so we headed down there with $1000 after his other car died.

We had some pressure to come home with a car, for cheap, and Aaron has some requirements, but i think we did alright, he got a 93 Volvo 850 for about $1100.

i think Kassie and i are going to check it out a little more often, maybe get a car and resell it. If anyone is interested in going, its every saturday morning, the auction starts at 10a and goes until about 1p. You can walk through the cars all day friday, and early saturday. It's pretty entertaining. here are some pics:
Here's Aaron pondering something




















Heres the little book, its a listing of the cars in order



















Here's what it all looks like, thats the auctioneer in the high booth, we're all checking out some minivan.

Last week i blogged part 1 of some posts about the Mocha Club. This is the follow-up to that post. Today Mocha Club is launching their website and have asked a handful of bloggers to help generate some traffic, you can see the blogroll at http://www.mochaclub.org/ .

Here is some text from the directors of Mocha Club:

When I think of Africa, the following images immediately come to mind: Starvation. AIDS. Child soldiers. Genocide. Sex slaves. Orphans. From there, my thoughts naturally turn to how I can help, how I can make a difference. “I am needed here,” I think. “They have so little, and I have so much.” It’s true, there are great tragedies playing out in Africa everyday. There is often a level of suffering here that is unimaginable until you have seen it, and even then it is difficult to believe. But what is even harder is reconciling the challenges that many Africans face with the joy I see in the people. It’s a joy that comes from somewhere I cannot fathom, not within the framework that has been my life to this day. [read more]

Sometimes its tough to be a Brown's fan

in case you haven't read or seen, the Brown's have lost both Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson for the rest of the season. This leaves Ken Dorsey as the long QB on the roster, with Joshua Cribbs backing him up, and i'm sure we'll pick somebody up this week.

Now i've been rooting for Quinn to play QB all season, nothing against Derek Anderson the person, but i think the management got this wrong. Whats worse is that the fans always take out their anger on the wrong person. It is not Derek Anderson's fault that the Browns have sucked this season. Just like when Tim Couch was the QB, even though he struggled, he didn't deserve the blame.

In another disappointing moment in Brown's fans history, the Browns cheered Derek Anderson's injury on Sunday. I know that the fans who cheered do not reflect the opinions of most of the fan-base, and i know that almost every team in the league would have the same result (some Bronco fans would have cheered a Jake Plummer injury) but i hate the fact that this is what Brown's fans are known for.

From James Walker of ESPN:

In an ugly scene Sunday, some Browns fans cheered when Anderson was injured.

"They were cheering the fact that I was hurt," Anderson said, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. "They don't like me. That's well known."